ASMBS statement on metabolic and bariatric surgery for beneficiaries of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with a review of the literature

Abdelrahman Nimeri; Rodolfo Oviedo; Wesley R Vosburg; John Fam; Cynthia A Blalock; Maria S Altieri; Toms Augustin; Peter Hallowell; Jonathan T Carter; Clinical Issues Committee of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

doi:10.1016/j.soard.2023.09.013

ASMBS statement on metabolic and bariatric surgery for beneficiaries of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with a review of the literature

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2023 Dec;19(12):1331-1338. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2023.09.013. Epub 2023 Sep 26.

Authors

Abdelrahman Nimeri¹, Rodolfo Oviedo², Wesley R Vosburg³, John Fam⁴, Cynthia A Blalock⁵, Maria S Altieri⁶, Toms Augustin⁷, Peter Hallowell⁸, Jonathan T Carter⁹; Clinical Issues Committee of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: animeri@bwh.harvard.edu.
² Department of Surgery, Nacogdoches Medical Center, University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, Nacogdoches, Texas.
³ Department of Surgery, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Reading, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁶ Department of Surgery. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁷ Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁸ Department of Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia.
⁹ Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

PMID: 37891102
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2023.09.013

Abstract

This position statement is issued by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric. Surgery in response to inquiries made to the Society by patients, physicians, Society members, hospitals, health insurance payors, the media, and others regarding the access and outcomes of metabolic and bariatric surgery for beneficiaries of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This position statement is based on current clinical knowledge, expert opinion, and published peer-reviewed scientific evidence available at this time. The statement is not intended to be and should not be construed as stating or establishing a local, regional, or national standard of care. This statement will be revised in the future as additional evidence becomes available.

Keywords: Access; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Insurance; Metabolic and bariatric surgery; Outcomes.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Bariatric Surgery*
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.
Humans
Medicare*
United States